Los Angeles City Council District 10

Los Angeles City Council District 10 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council.

It is located in southern Central Los Angeles and northern South Los Angeles. Herb Wesson has been the incumbent council member since 2005.

Geography

Present day district

The communities included in the 10th District, either in full or in part, are:

• Arlington Heights
• Koreatown
• Mid-City
• Mid-City West
• Olympic Park
• Palms
• South Robertson
• West Area Neighborhood
• West Adams
• West Pico
• Wilshire district — some areas.
• Wilshire Center
• Wilshire Park

For more neighborhoods represented by the district, see the official City of Los Angeles map of District 10.

Historical locations

The district has occupied the same general area since it was formed in 1925. With the city's changes in population, though, its western boundary has moved farther west and its southern boundary farther south. In 1961, San Fernando Valley residents for a time backed an unsuccessful plan to move the 10th District seat to the Valley after it was left vacant with the resignation of Council Member Charles Navarro.

The rough boundaries or descriptions have been as follows:

1925: North, Pico Boulevard or 11th Street; south, Washington Boulevard and Jefferson Boulevard; east, Alameda Street; west, Vermont Avenue.

1926: North, Pico Boulevard; south, Jefferson Boulevard; east, Central Avenue; west, Vermont Avenue.

1932–33: North, Pico Boulevard; south, Jefferson Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard; east, Hooper Avenue (two blocks west of Alameda); west, Vermont Avenue.

1955: In the "south-central section of the city, extending roughly from Wilshire Blvd. to Jefferson Blvd., and from La Brea Ave. to Main St."

1960: Baldwin Hills was shifted from the 10th District to the 6th District.

1961: Covers "the general area known as the West Adams section."

1973: Includes "parts of the Leimert Park, Crenshaw, Wilshire, West Adams, and Fairfax areas."

1975: From "Olympic Blvd. on the north, to La Cienega Blvd. and Cattaraugus Ave. on the west, to Rodeo Road and Jefferson and Adams Blvds. on the south, to the Harbor Freeway on the east."

1986: Los Angeles Times map shows district reaching Beverly Boulevard on the northeast, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the south, Sepulveda Boulevard on the west and Wilshire Boulevard on the north.

1993: Stretches "from Palms to Koreatown and South Los Angeles."

1990–95: "It is one of the city's most vibrant and diverse areas. Bisected by the Santa Monica Freeway, its population of 218,000 is increasingly Latino and Asian American. Latinos make up 41% of the district's residents, followed by African Americans at 35%, Asian Americans at 14% and whites, 10%, according to the 1990 Census."

Officeholders

Eleven people have represented this district, and are:

1. Charles E. Downs, 1925
2. Otto J. Zahn, 1925–1927
3. E. Snapper Ingram, 1927–1935
4. G. Vernon Bennett, 1935–1951
5. Charles Navarro, 1951–1961
6. Joe E. Hollingsworth, 1961–1963
7. Tom Bradley, 1963–1973
8. David Cunningham, 1973–1987
9. Nate Holden, 1987–2002
10. Martin Ludlow, 2003–2005
11. Herb Wesson, 2005–

Council member ephemera

• Joe E. Hollingsworth was the last white council member of CD 10. All representative elected since 1963 have been African-American people.
• G. Vernon Bennett served the longest—22 years.
• Charles E. Downs served he shortest term, being removed from office after three months upon his conviction in a bribery case.
• Charles Navarro was later elected to higher public office as the Los Angeles City Controller.
• Tom Bradley was elected to higher public office as the Mayor of Los Angeles.
• Nate Holden was a California State Senator before he was elected a council member.

See also

• Los Angeles City Council districts
• Los Angeles City Council

References

• Note: Access to some of the Los Angeles Times links may require the use of a Los Angeles Public Library card.

External links

• Official Los Angeles City Council District 10 website
• City of Los Angeles: Map of District 10